cortical

English

WOTD – 22 April 2010

Etymology

From Latin cortex (“bark”); Effectively cortex +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.tɪ.kəl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.tɪ.kəl/

Adjective

cortical (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
2. (botany) Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

Derived terms

• adrenocortical
• bicortical
• cerebellocortical
• cerebrocortical
• cortical column
• cortical plate
• cortical reaction
• cortically
• corticocortical
• electrocortical
• endocortical
• epicortical
• exocortical
• extracortical
• frontocortical
• geniculocortical
• hippocampocortical
• intercortical
• intracortical
• isocortical
• juxtacortical
• koniocortical
• leukocortical
• mesocortical
• monocortical
• neocortical
• noncortical
• pallidocortical
• paracortical
• pericortical
• retinocortical
• subcortical
• thalamocortical
• transcortical
• tricortical
• unicortical
• visuocortical

 

Related terms

• cortex
• cortico-

Translations

anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure

• Catalan: cortical
• Finnish: kortikaalinen, kuori- (fi)
• Russian: корковый (ru) (korkovyj), кортика́льный (ru) (kortikálʹnyj)
• Spanish: cortical

botany: pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root

• Catalan: cortical
• Finnish: kortikaalinen

Further reading

• cortical at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• crotalic

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

cortical (feminine corticale, masculine plural corticaux, feminine plural corticales)

1. cortical

Further reading

• “cortical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Interlingua

Adjective

cortical (not comparable)

1. cortical

Related terms

• cortice

Romanian

Etymology

From French cortical.

Adjective

cortical m or n (feminine singular corticală, masculine plural corticali, feminine and neuter plural corticale)

1. cortical

Declension

Declension of cortical

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	cortical		corticală	corticali	corticale
	definite	corticalul		corticala	corticalii	corticalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	cortical		corticale	corticali	corticale
	definite	corticalului		corticalei	corticalilor	corticalelor

Spanish

Adjective

cortical (plural corticales)

1. cortical

Further reading

• “cortical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014